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USACE Rivergages.com

US Army Corps of Engineers RiverGages portal providing current and historic water-level (SHEF) data for rivers, streams, tributaries and lakes across the central United States.

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At a glance

Region
United States (North America)
Coverage
Regional
Access
Free
Category
Government
Last updated
2026

What's inside

  • Stream stage
  • Water level
  • Streamflow

Terms explained

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    Storage tracking

    Follow storage and releases through the season.

    Because it has: Water level

  2. 02

    Change over time

    See how lakes and wetlands have grown or shrunk.

  3. 03

    Design flows

    Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.

    Because it has: Streamflow

Where AI adds value

Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.

  1. 01

    Storage from space

    Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.

  2. 02

    Release decisions

    Optimise releases against inflow forecasts.

  3. 03

    Flow forecasting

    Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.

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